Salvation goods and religious markets : theory and applications / Jörg Stolz, ed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stolz, Jörg.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious pluralism.

Religion--Economic aspects.

Religion.

Religion and sociology.

Physical Description:

287 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Bern ; New York : Peter Lang, [2008]

Contents:

Introduction: A new look at the question of salvation goods and religious markets / Jörg Stolz

Theory

Salvation goods and culture goods : an interpretation of Max Weber / Peter-Ulrich Merz-Benz

Salvation goods and domination : Pierre Bourdieu's sociology of the religious field / Franz Schultheis

Salvation goods and religious markets : integrating rational choice and weberian perspectives / Jörg Stolz

The social limits on religious markets / Steve Bruce

Applications

Integration or individuation : are the salvation goods promised by first-century Christian preaching still attractive? / Pierre-Yves Brandt

Salvation goods and the canonization logic : on two popular cults of southern Italy / Silvia Mancini

Salvation goods, the gift economy and charismatic concern / Enzo Pace

The new religious economy of Latin America / Jean-Pierre Bastian

Worthiness as spiritual capital : theorizing little Haiti's religious market / Terry Rey

Indian gurus and the quest for self-perfection among the educated middle-classes / Véronique Altglas

What is the price of salvation?: the exchange of salvation goods between India and the West / Maya Burger

Salvation goods and religious market in the cultic milieu / Jean-François Mayer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and an index.

ISBN:

9783039112111

3039112112

OCLC:

181072594